Salute to Southwestern Illinois Annual Dinner

Awardees

• 2023 –  Alton Steel, Inc.; The Boeing Company; Tyson Foods; City of Belleville; Village of Glen Carbon; St. Clair County; 375th Air Mobility Wing – TSgt Matthew Sabo; 932nd Airlift Wing – MSgt Jeffrey McGrath; 126th Air Refueling Wing – SMSgt David Kosmopolis & MSgt David Wolfe; 635th Supply Chain Operations Wing – Maj John Vogel; US Coast Guard – PO Tanner Denaro; Legacy Award – Ameren Illinois, The Korte Company, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
• 2020* – Four military members from Scott AFB; City of Edwardsville; City of O’Fallon; City of Shiloh; Worldwide Technology Raceway; Worldwide Technology; Alton Works
  *Awards given at 2022 Annual Dinner due to Covid-19 pandemic
• 2019 – Ameren Illinois; Illinois American Water; Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis; Illinois Department of Transportation; Illinois Senator Martin A. Sandoval; Illinois Representative Jay Hoffman; East-West Gateway Council of Governments; St. Louis Regional Freightway; Madison County; St. Clair County
• 2018 – Regional Business Council; Southern Illinois Builders Association; Southern Illinois Construction Advancement Program; Southwestern Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council; Madison-Bond Workforce Investment Board and Mid America Workforce Investment Board; Don Vichitvongsa
• 2017 – Centennial Celebration Scott AFB; 100^th Year Flood Level FEMA Re-Accreditation for the American Bottoms Levee System: 100 -Year old Foundational Business in Southwestern Illinois
• 2016 – Alton Memorial Hospital; Anderson Hospital; Gateway Regional Medical Center; Memorial Hospital; Saint Anthony’s Health Center; St. Elizabeth’s Hospital; St. Joseph’s Hospital; Touchette Regional Hospital
• 2015 – Southwestern Illinois’ award-winning primary and secondary level teachers, administrators, support staff and school board members; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; McKendree University; Lindenwood University-Belleville; Lewis and Clark Community College; Southwestern Illinois College
• 2014 – Scott AFB and Missions at the Base
• 2013 – Prairie State Generating Company; Phillips 66; Dynegy; Southwestern Illinois Labor Partnerships; Southwestern Illinois Building & Construction Trades Council
• 2012 – Dr. Vaughn Vandegrift; Congressman Jerry Costello
• 2011 – Robert Wydra; Richard Sauget, Sr.
• 2010 – Frank Watson
• 2009 – Senator Bill Haine; Alan Dunstan; Mark Kern; Dale Haudrich
• 2008 – Senator James Clayborne; Col Alan Hunt
• 2007 – Representative Jay Hoffman; Vaughn Vandegrift; Kerry Smith; Jerry Kane
• 2005 – Congressman Costello; Congressman Shimkus
• 2004 – John Baricevic; Conoco Phillips; U.S. Steel
• 2003 – Congressman Costello; General John Handy
• 2002 – Bob Wydra; Madison County Board Chairman Rudy Papa
• 2001 – Dianna Barron; Tadas Kicielinski; Mike Towerman
• 2000 – Ron Capek; Bruce Holland; Richard Sauget
• 1999 -Jim Squires, Granite City Steel; Bob Wetzel
• 1998 – Dale Klohr, IDOT; Chris Pook, Gateway International Raceway
• 1996 – Richard Mark
• 1995 – Congressman Costello; Lt. Gov. Bob Kustra
• 1994 – Leadership Council Past Presidents
• 1993 – Ralph Korte
• 1992 – St. Clair County Board Chairman John Baricevic
• 1991 – Belleville News-Democrat; Granite City Steel; Illinois Power; Monsanto; Pasta House Company; Shell Oil
• 1990 – Madison County Board Chairman Nelson “Nellie” Hagnauer; St. Clair County Board Chairman John Baricevic
• 1989 – Helen Bergfield; Willie Nelson; Target 2000; Bob Minsker; Louis Tiemann
• 1988 – Bob Hardy, KMOX
• 1987 – St. Clair County Board; Chairman Jerry Costello; Robert Koepke, SIUE
• 1986 – Earl Lazerson, SIUE; Carl Mathias, IP; Ron Thompson, Bi-State Bridge; James O’Flynn, RCGA
• 1985 – Senator Alan Dixon; Senator Paul Simon